Set in rural Vermont, the town was founded as Thomlinson, but renaming rights were auctioned in 1791. The high bidder, who reportedly offered "five do

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Set in rural Vermont, the town was founded as Thomlinson, but renaming rights were auctioned in 1791. The high bidder, who reportedly offered "five dollars and a jug of rum," changed the name to Grafton after his home town of Grafton, Massachusetts.

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